by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
This is the setting out… Returning to the theme of courageous beginnings and the particular importance of celebrating beginnings at school, of which I wrote here previously, I am reminded now of what usually comes after beginnings, namely “middles.” Followed by...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Aug 14, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
This is the setting out. The leaving of everything behind. Leaving the social milieu. The preconceptions. The definitions. The language. The Narrowed field of vision. The expectations. No longer expecting relationships, memories, words, or letters to mean what they...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Aug 14, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
It’s been fifteen years since Salmonberry School opened its doors. That means it’s time to celebrate a crystal anniversary! And crystal seems to be an appropriate metaphor for the school at this stage of development. Crystal is a material with luster and sparkle. And...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
I love Salmonberry School. I really do. It is the embodiment of so much I believe about nurturing child development and holistic education. I am fully and deeply committed to the 40-ish students who spend their days at Salmonberry School, the hundreds we see in...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Jul 27, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
What better way to spend the summer than with a flock of friendly sheep? Perhaps a clutch of newly hatched chicks? A little ukulele? Salmonberry School has reached the halfway mark of its summer program offerings with resounding plaudits from the Orcas Island...
by salm0nb3rry-s1t3 | Apr 6, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Compassion, empathy, understanding, caring; these are a few of children’s capacities that are explicitly nurtured at Salmonberry School. Salmonberry teachers look for opportunities to tune kids in to the difficulties faced by others in our community and around the...
